Rio de la Vida Ranch | Kerrville, TX

We were thrilled to get to meet up with our good friends Collin and Brittany at their family friend's ranch in Kerrville, TX for the 4th of July.  Brittany was one of my best high school friends and is definitely the one friend from high school I have stayed the closest with!  Her dad played football at Florida State and his buddy Rhett played there with him.  Rhett's ranch is absolutely beautiful.  It was a quick 2 hour drive from Austin and we arrived Wednesday night.  It was dark, so we weren't able to see just how nice the ranch is, but we knew it was going to be a great time!  Lane played a little on the porch when we got there.  So pretty!

 

The ranch had a main house and a guest house.  We were lucky enough to get the guest house all to ourselves!  We tucked ourselves in, ready for a fun day the next day!

The next morning we were able to see all of the pretty sights!  This was our guest house, which had an awesome view!

We drove back down to the main house for breakfast and I snapped some pics of the grounds.

 

There were 3 horses on the property.  That's Brittany's brother Bryan on the paint horse, Rio.

 

 

Testing out the hammock.  The life!

The pretty porch, which led to a lookout deck.  There were so many decks and all of them had seating and tables with pretty views!  I think I could have eaten every meal on a different deck and wouldn't have even tried them all!

The entrance to the main house

This deck was called the "Sunset Deck."  We were able to watch the sun set July 4th, and it was so pretty!

That's Kyle sitting in the far left chair :)

 

The property also had cattle including longhorns!  Lane took these next 2 pictures with my iphone from the car window.  A budding photographer?

 

I took so many pictures, so I am splitting them into 2 posts.  Next up:  All the fun we had while we were there!

Butler Park

We love visiting Butler Park!  On one end is a par 3 pitch and putt golf course that Kyle has played numerous times.  I played with him once while Claire watched Lane, and we have taken Lane a couple of times to play with us.  Lane does pretty well, but sometimes complains of the heat and the walking.  Sometimes I complain too!  Haha!

We take his little clubs and he plays right along with us!  He is getting to be a good little golfer! 

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Check out that swing!  Eyes on the ball and everything!

 

Watching his ball.  He always says "I smoked it!"

He makes the cutest golfer ever.  I really hope he sticks with the sport and becomes a real golfer someday!

A little putting help from Daddy

Taking a rest with Mommy

On the other end of Butler Park is the Liz Carpenter Fountain.  It is a splash pad at the top of a hill with a great view of downtown.  It's nice to let Lane cool off after a sweaty game of golf!

 

 

  

There is also a lookout point atop another hill that has a giant map of Texas on the ground.  We dried Lane off and walked up there to check it out.  He loved sitting on Mansfield!

 

And then moved down to Austin!

 

Pointing to Daddy's building--It's the second tallest from the left.

 

Summer Days

Lane and I have been having so much fun together this summer.  He isn't going to school, so we are together all day every day!  I try to take him to do something "fun" a few times a week, and we stay home and play some days.  We have been having a lot of lunch dates, playing at My Gym, going to story time at Barnes and Noble and our library, indulging in the occasional sno-cone, and have been spending many afternoons at the pool! 

Lunch at Panera--One of Lane's favorite restaurants!

 

Braving the ball pit at My Gym.  I bought a Groupon deal for 5 drop in and play passes.  It's just basically an indoor playground.  Great for rainy or hot days!  

Story time at our local library

Barnes and Noble usually includes a free craft with their story time.  This time Lane made a flower!

This face cracks me up!  Is he proud of his flower or unimpressed?

Enjoying a sno-cone in the front yard

 

We are LOVING our membership to Lifetime Fitness.  Of course, it's great for working out, but we have really enjoyed using the pool!

Just looking cute in his dinosaur swim ensemble

Lane loves taking a picnic lunch to the pool!

We have a little over a month before he starts back to school, so we have plenty of time to continue our summer fun!